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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Tiffany Espinosa

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

An exaggerated statement

Giving human qualities to non human things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

The sun smiled down on us.

She is as busy as a bee.

The classroom was a zoo.

He runs like the wind.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

What is personification?

Comparing two things

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

A humorous exaggeration

An expression that means something different than its literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

Which sentence contains an example of hyperbole?

The leaves danced in the wind.

He was so hungry he could eat a horse.

The snow was a white blanket.

She sings like an angel.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

What is the meaning of the idiom "raining cats and dogs"?

It's raining very heavily.

It's raining lightly.

There are animals outside.

It's raining with strong winds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

Which of the following is an example of personification?

The wind whispered through the trees.

He is a shining star.

She was as brave as a lion.

He has a heart of stone.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 4 pts

What is an idiom?

A literal expression

An exaggerated statement

A type of poetry with only three lines and 5/7/5 syllables

An expression with a meaning different from its literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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